When it comes to other people's lives, we're all experts - and no one knows this better than the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Meghan and Harry's decision to keep the birth of their first child private is not only justified, it's required. Here's why.

Meghan and Harry have yet to decide on a name and "as planned" the public will only catch a glimpse of the new royal addition in a couple of days.

True to their word, the couple only announced the birth several hours after their baby boy was born, and have not presented the child to the public as William and Kate had done with each of their children.

Their decision to keep the birth private has caused quite a stir among royal watchers, and the speculation leading up to the birth had seriously taken on a life of its own.

Questions ran rampant, usually along the lines of, do they deserve a private birth? Why has Meghan forgone royal protocol? Why does she get to choose a home birth? Is there anything private about being a royal?

Other than securing Meghan's spot as Google's Most Searched Woman for a second year running, it's really none of our business.

We recently published a tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek article, speculating (yes, we're guilty too) about Meghan’s reasons for keeping the details about her birth private, and if we had to summarise the overwhelming response from our readers in just one sentence it would be:

'Leave Meghan alone!'

Here's some of the feedback we received:

She's following the celeb parent route

"If you look at the way celebrities do their baby announcements and birth announcements it is always sooo [sic] private. My thought is she still thinks like a celebrity and not a Royal." - Yolandi

Human first, Royal second

"As a human, never mind being a royal, she has all the right in the world not to show off her baby now. Everybody should just be patient, and stop obsessing about this so much!" - Najma

Since their immune systems aren't fully developed yet, keeping your newborn away from public spaces is advised.

The cultural perspective

Beyond the medical, cultural views also play a role in guiding a new mother's decision to take her baby out in public.

According to the University of Zululand's Professor Jabulani Maphalala, it's not uncommon for Zulu moms to remain indoors for a month, during which time certain rituals are performed.

"There are ‘izintelezi’ and ‘izinyamazane zakubo’, traditional concoctions that the child is given to drink.

"By the time the baby goes out to meet the world the family is sure that his immune system is strong enough to withstand any kind of illness that he might be exposed to in public,” he told Pearl.

In Latin America, this period is 40 days long and referred to as La cuarentena, and in China, moms traditionally do not go outside for 30-days and this phase is called Zuo yuezi.

The rules

If a family member or friend has just given birth and you're not quite sure what the protocol should be, we've laid out a few ground rules to follow.

And as far as Meghan and Harry go, our readers could not be more right, we need to stop obsessing and remember that royal or not, this is Meghan and Harry's first baby, and they more than deserve their right to celebrate in private. Besides, when have the Royals ever denied the public a good photo op?

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